Paradise

Category : Anime Fairy Tail

Author : MisZ Anarchy

Language : English

Rating : M

This is my second attempt in progress for Fairy Tail. I do hope you enjoy this story and please leave me some comments, I am willing to answer any questions whether in reviews or PM's. It keeps me motivated. I have a whole plan for this story so stay tuned. Enjoy!

Disclaim – Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Summary : "It's a small town…" I faintly said as I pulled away with a heavy heart. You see part of me wanted to indulge in Natsu, hope that we stood a chance at something in the future, but I knew that I wasn't ready and this was not my time. It was better this way.

Chapter 1

My love (my love)

My lover, lover, lover

I look at the clock on my desktop; this day has been dragging on for the most part of it. Could the time just trickle on a bit faster than usual? I mean why did it have to drag on and on like a never ending story? But it was always like this when I didn't want to be here. Not that I didn't like my job, or the place, it was more the people that I disliked the most. I bite my lip slightly pulling it into my mouth and let it go. Lyon Vastia the co-worker that I unfortunately had to share the office with, has most likely left, I doubt he would even return at this point. He could get away with murder if he really wanted to. But right now even spending the minimum of 8 hours at work was hard for him to accomplish.

Not that his absence is noticed, not like mine. I was like a sore thumb always sticking out, always the talk of the station but most likely the town as well. I roll my eyes at that, it was unwanted attention I assure you, that I never even asked for nor that I wanted. I see another person aimlessly walking past my office to the kitchen, I hated those stares, the wondering looks and glances that they always sport, trying not to make it obvious that they are seeing if I am up to no good. I rise to my feet and walk briskly around the table, shutting the door effectively shutting the people out of my office and out of my business. One perk about my job was I didn't have to communicate a lot with other people, thank God for that, because I was not at all a people person. And all I had to do was my job.

I walk back to my chair, my heels clicking against the marble floor as I walk, a noise I have come well accustomed to. All my heels made the same noise everywhere I went, it was like a shadow always following me where I go. It had no promises of silence ever, I couldn't endure the silence yet I can't endure aimless chit chat of people. It was a noise that I found no irritation in.

Even thou I do find comfort in music, it soothed my soul, it spoke a language that only my senses understood perfectly. I am tempted to pop in my earphones and just listen to some music and wait for the time to drag on just a bit faster. But I decide to forgo the music, I couldn't place my mood so I wouldn't know what to listen to and placing my play list on shuffle would make my mood run all over the place and I did not need whiplash at this very moment.

I take a deep breath of air and close my eyes, if I listened closely I could listen to the people across from my office talk, I could hear my neighbour type away on her phone, or was that her computer? Her phone was so loud sometimes that I could sometimes not distinguish the difference from her phone to her computer keyboard. I shudder, seems my attempt in being isolated has gotten the people speaking again.

I can hear them talking, I knew what they said. And it wasn't true. It never was true. I never had intentions to steal husbands or boyfriends, I never had intentions to throw everything from my table and fuck someone senseless. But this was being said. Apparently I was all the men could speak about and everything the ladies hated. I look down at my attire once more, it's nothing short of the dress code that I am sure of. But that never stopped them from talking. My skirts were too tight or too short, which was never the case, my shirts showed too much cleavage, but that was not my fault, I was rather busty and I couldn't help it. It's not like I wanted my girls on display for everyone's viewing pleasure. And my poor heels had been called hooker shoes on several occasions. I only think that they hate them because they cannot walk in them. I sigh as I look down at my skirt, yes sure it hitched up a few times with me rising to my feet and sitting back down, but I always made sure I was presentable. I always looked office appropriate. Unlike the secretary who is a worse hazard to the men then I am because she certainly has stolen a few husbands or boyfriends or was it fiancés? I wasn't sure and I was not interested in any of that.

I pull my skirt down and the new mail message flashed on my screen catching my attention as I look towards the screen. I move my mouse and click on the message, it opens up instantly. It was from one of our Component heads. The frown on my face deepened as I look over the contents. What the actual fuck was I reading? I was so focused on the e-mail I don't notice the door opening slightly. I read the message twice indicating that we would be having a meeting at 10 AM tomorrow and attendance was compulsory.

"Lucy…" I am completely taken over by shock as I look up into Captain Mavis Vermilion tired eyes. She has been working non-stop ever since our Station Commander took early pension. That was even before I started working at the station, before I graduated from high school almost 10 months ago.

"Afternoon Captain Vermilion." I greet as our eyes meet, she was an intimidating woman in all, a Captain at her age, it's either about who you know or who you slept with it seemed. But don't let her age fool you, she was a genius, a strategist, sometimes I wondered why she continued as a Support Commander and not move over to Crime intelligence.

"If your work is finalised for the day you can leave." I frown a bit because this wasn't very common. She rarely let anyone leave early but I would not question it, not today, I send a small smile in her direction as I start to fumble around for my keys and handbag, this opportunity I would not let drip through my fingers. "One last thing," she says as she trails off and looks to the ground. Something was oddly off with her and it has been like that for a while now. My eyes remained on the blonde as she stood in the door. "We will be receiving visitors tomorrow from the Area Commissioners office, please ensure that you are at your best." I frown slightly, when am I not on my best?

"Inspection?" I find myself asking in curiosity as I reach for my handbag to swing it over my shoulder.

"To be honest I'm not sure but the Area Commissioner will be here." I raise a brow. I will keep that in mind. Without another word she is out of my office and into the hallway leaving the door slightly ajar. I bite my lip once again as I look to the space she had previously stood. My ringtone catching me slightly off guard as I place my handbag back on the table, with one hand I try to reach the stupid device and silence it but with no such luck. I finally use both hands and look at the screen in question. Juvia Lockser? I frown, why was she looking for me?

I swipe over the screen successfully answer the call as I press my phone to my ear. "Lucy! You, and Juvia, Fairy Tail, tonight." I'm not sure if that is an instruction or a command to be honest and with me working in the police I never knew if this was humourless jokes aimed my way. I sigh slightly, a bit louder then I actually intended. It was Wednesday and she knew I had a reoccurring date with my Laptop every Wednesday because that's the day I binge watch Game of Thrones, the only day I can have John Snow all to myself.

"Juvia you know what day it is." I say as a matter of fact because she knows how my calendar and time management looks like during the week and I can tell she is rolling her eyes at me. I didn't even need to witness it to know this. I just knew her that well.

"John Snow knows nothing! And besides it won't just be you and Juvia." At this I raise a brow. Who else had she invited to join us for the night? We barely got along with any other person in this town and now we would be joined by others I may or may not know? Or choose to know. If she invited Levy McGarden I didn't mind at all, I haven't seen her all that much since she was pinned up on the new guy in her life, I have yet to get the name of. "I promise this will be better than your pickle flicking over a fictional character." I almost choke at her words.

"I don't flick my pickle to GoT." I say as a blush creep on my cheeks. I promise you I don't masturbate to Game of Thrones or any of the characters even thou I found the actor playing John Snow strangely attractive. It's absurd that she would even say such a thing. But my cheeks going red doesn't really help to rescue me, luckily no one was here to witness this moment of weakness. I hear her laugh on the other side of the phone. She doesn't believe me.

"Lucy come on? Juvia has two potential hotties lined up. We'll Juvia knows for a matter of fact that the one guy is hot and fuckable. But Juvia doubts he would surround himself with un-hot people." she just continues to talk as I sigh again. Hot men was not on my life priority list at the time. In actually fact men were the last thing on any list of mine. It wasn't about this or that it was just complicated and there were only so many available and approved men in this small town of ours that was available. "If not for yourself, can you do it for Juvia?" she pleads and I imagine her on her knees begging me.

Juvia was in a long committed relationship just a few months prior. She had been dating Hibiki Lates for give or take two years and for give or take two years Hibiki Lates not only had wood for his girlfriend but for several other skanks as well. I shake my head at the thought because I had a rustle in the sheets with Lates as well, around 3 years ago. It was before he had even known about Juvia. And no I never touched him while he had been with Juvia, I was not that type of friend. I would never admit it out loud but Lates had taken my V-card when I had just turned 16 at some house party and I blame it on the liquor I had consumed to the point that I passed out but after that we had a few run-ins again, not something to write home about or to brag about, besides I was not very proud to proclaim that, that idiot had taken my virginity. Juvia never knew of this and she would never know this. And to be genuinely honest I never saw what she saw in him or any other girl for that matter because I can't even remember that he ever got me off. I roll my eyes at that thought, I could do a way better job all by myself.

"Juvia…" I start but I had no idea what to say to my friend. There was clearly no way out of this even with the fair warning of what might await me tomorrow, and clearly I would be joining my dear friend on her adventure to potentially hook up. Then so be it.

"Juvia needs to rid her mind of Lates." Juvia mutters from the other side of the line. And I look down. Hibiki was still a sore subject for Juvia, and such a bitter pill to swallow because all the woman he had hooked up while they were together had known about her, but she had never known about them till everything blew up in her face, I was an innocent by-stander to this as well because I had no knowledge about any of the hook-ups Lates had.

"Do I know these hotties?" I ask changing the subject completely because in actual fact I knew everyone in this damn town and there was no damn hotties here, all the men were average for me, some were better than other but nothing I would waste my time on. And taste did differ between me and my dear friend, what she considered hot I considered average.

"That's the great thing about it. Fresh meat." she sounded so excited about it. I frown a bit at that as I mull over her words, did we receive any new meat? I doubt it? I haven't seen any new people in or around the town. But then again I don't go out much and I would have noticed nothing even if I was looking. I did not pay attention to any detail so I wouldn't know.

"You think jumping in bed with as you say it 'fresh meat' will rid your mind of Lates?" I ask. I know how broken Juvia has become after the break up. How desperate she was, how she would jump any potential bone just to get Lates and his cheating ass of her mind. God forbid I knew with how many men Juvia has hooked up with since the break-up. The sad thing is the number kept rising. And this was not good for her or her reputation if anyone other person other than me found out about her whorish ways.

"Yes." At this I take a deep breath, we both knew that was a lie. "No." She rectifies herself and I take a deep breath again as I think this over. She did mention it was new meat, and new meat in this little town only lasted for a few days at best until Mirajane Straus got her claws into them. "Just come with Juvia, please?" Juvia pleads and I want to say no, I want to go home and just relax at home for the night, but again that fucking feeling telling me shit was about to happen sparked up and I sigh. Juvia already knew she has won.

"Fine. I'm picking you up…?" I ask but was stopped instantly when the other woman starts talking.

"Juvia is already here. Juvia is ordering some food. Juvia will see you after work?" She asks and I frown, she was already at Fairy Tail? What the flying fucking was she up to?

"You're already there?" I ask half in disbelieve, caught by surprise that she was already there.

"Yeah. Juvia sees you soon." And with that she dismissed me and she hung up the phone with even so much as a good bye. I look at my cell phone for a while longer and I just could not believe her, she was already at Fairy Tail, and surely by the time I get there she would already be a few drinks in front of me. What the flying fuck have Juvia gotten me into. I shake my head and I just grab for my belongings placing everything in my handbag as I rise to my feet. I would head home, I would have a shower and take my time in getting ready before I was going to meet her.